Well, tension between china and the west is becoming acute for several reasons. First, hong kong. It has had preferential trade terms with the us compared to mainland china. Not any more. Heres President Trump making the announcement. Hong kong will now be treated the same as mainland china, no special privileges, no special economic treatment and no export of sensitive technologies. And it was followed up by this from the secretary of state mike pompeo. China treats hong kong as a single country as a sink goal system, so must we. General secretary made a choice to violate their promises to hong kong that were made in the un register treaty. He didnt have to do that, he made that choice. We have to deal with china as it is not as we wish it to be. China says its response will include sanctions on people and entities in the us and it has now summoned its us ambassador. This is of course all part of broader us china tensions. Weve had american pressure on the Chinese Tech Firm huawei, and now for the the first time the us has said the chinese pursuit of Natural Resources in the South China Sea is completely unlawful. Chinas been Building Military bases on artificial islands in this area for years. But the us has never called them illegal before. China in return says the us deliberately distorts facts and International Law. And then we have mike pompeo saying this. Sot on monday, for the first time, we made our policy in the South China Sea crystal clear. Its not chinas maritime empire. If beijing violates the International Law and free nations do nothing, then history shows that the ccp will simply take more territory. That happened in the last of ministration. Our statement gives significant support to ossian leaders who declare that the South China Sea disputes must be resolved through International Lot not might makes right. What the ccp does to the Chinese People is bad enough, but the free world shouldnt tolerate beijings abuses as well. Heres Gary Odonoghue in washington on the deteriorating relationship between the us and china. This relationship is spiralling downwards and spiralling out of control in some ways. The kind of yelling that is going on from washington and beijing at one another now has reached a particular pitch in the last few weeks, i think, with these two great powers, really in a standoff with potentially really serious spark points, not least in the South China Sea, where the us, of course is conducting what caused freedom of narrow gauge and exercises. It did whenjust narrow gauge and exercises. It did when just yesterday with a destroyer sailing through some of those disputed waters to prove to china that it wouldnt accept its territorial claims in the area. Next lets talk about huawei. Its a chinese tech giant, and yesterday the uk exclude it from all parts of its 56 mobile networks because of security concerns. China says the ban is groundless. Heres the Chinese Ambassador to the uk. I think the trust is serious damage between the government level and among the businesses. And note the tone of this from the Chinese Foreign ministry. Translation in the end, this is a big world and the United Kingdom is only a small pa rt of the United Kingdom is only a small part of it. Ultimately, this ban will not stop huawei from prospering. The uk had come under severe pressure from washington not least because us sanctions will make it harder for huawei to manufacture its own microchips a fact which exacerbated the uks security concerns. And theres more. Heres mike pompeo again. The United States has a huawei announcement of oui own the United States has a huawei announcement of our own today. The state department will impose visa restrictions on certain employees of the Chinese TechnologyCompanies Like huawei to that provide Material Support to routines engaging in Human Rights Violations and abuses globally. Hong kong, the South China Sea, huawei these are all stories demonstrating the sharp deterioration in chinas relations with the west. Back in 2017, President Trump welcomed the president xi and his wife to his mar a lago estate. Go back to 2015, heres president xi enjoying a pint in an english pub with david cameron. But things have shifted. Lets get more from Stephen Mcdonell in beijing. China is fighting so many western countries at the moment on so many fronts, you do have to wonder when something has to give. I mean, sure, this is a big powerful economic juggernaut of the country and it knows that people have to sit up and listen when beijing speaks to them. However, look at the fights that that china is having with the us, canada, australia, britain, i mean, france, the list goes on and on and the thing is that the Global Economy is so integrated these days, that the west needs china and china needs the west needs china and china needs the west. I think Everybody Knows this ultimately, itsjust the west. I think Everybody Knows this ultimately, its just that somehow or other, theres going to have to be a path forward. At the moment, its so hard to see what it is, given that, like i say, the fighting over the south of china sea, trade, coronavirus, threats going back and forth, more sanctions. Yeah, its just going back and forth, more sanctions. Yeah, itsjust really ha rd sanctions. Yeah, itsjust really hard to see at the moment what it would take for china to get back on a sort of normal footing, if i can put it to you that way, with the west. Zhaoyin feng, bbc chinese in washington dc. Based in washington, dc, but of course, with lots of chinese contacts there, do you think there are avenues by which china can navigate to a friendlier relationship . It is certainly getting very difficult for china. We are seeing the situation which is china versus the rest of the world in many forms. China is getting attacked here, the government has plans to take countermeasures to retaliate sanctions and limitations limited to huawei, hong kong, options coming from the us. One of the options beijing may have right now is to impose sanctions or put us companies on a blacklist. The problem with that is us tech Companies Like apple and microsoft, they are embedded in Chinese Peoples daily lives, so this move is going to hurt chinas interest as well. And all of this retaliation also comes with the risk that china will be seen as a bully. But from beijings going to view, china is the one being bullied here. Talk to me about the South China Sea, because this is an issue which comes up because this is an issue which comes up every so often, but the american language has increased. Presumably, china is knuckling to change tactic though in terms of what its doing. Indeed. Today, we heard from secretary pompeo that the us will use all available tools to support Southeast Asian allies with regard to South China Sea and chinas territorial claims there. In china, this will be seen as yet another attempt from the us to bring china down. Among all the china bashing rhetoric and policies coming from washington these days, this one will have the potential to provoke the strongest response because two countries can argue all about trade disputes or hong kong, South China Sea is about territory. The two countries navies have had some pretty tense interactions here, so countries really could go to war over all of these seemingly insignificant wrongs. Thanks once again, we seem to be talking every day given the current tensions between us and china. Perhaps speak to tomorrow as well. Lets stay america, because the net covid i9 numbers continue to be shocking. A further 67,000 cases and 900 deaths have been recorded in the last 2a hours. The overall number of deaths is 136,000 people and new projections from the university of washington suggest by november that could reach 224,000. Our recent focus has been on texas, california and florida now were also seeing numbers escalating in smaller states. Alabama has recorded a record 47 deaths in 2a hours. Nevada too has record cases and deaths 20 people died there in one day. North carolina is also a concern its has over 1,500 deaths. And today we learned that the governor of oklahoma, kevin stitt, has tested positive hes the first state governor to get the virus. Lets turn back to alabama this is dr Don Williamson is president of the states hospital association. I concerned about where we are, because alabama has seen a sustained rise in hospitalizations, before our memorial day, we had about 500 patients per day and hospital. By hospital. By the week before our 11th ofjuly, we had almost 800 People Per Day and hospital over the last seven days, we have averaged 1100 People Per Day and hospital and yesterday, we had 1353 and hospital the day before we had about 1335, so for the last two days, we have had our two highest days, we have had our two highest days of hospitalization, and given the incubation of this virus, im not sure that we have seen yet the 11th ofjuly effect on hospitalizations. So im very concerned that over the next ten days, or hospitalization numbers are going to continue to rise. Then what im really worried about is that next generation. People who are infected over the 11th ofjuly spreading disease to people that they come in contact with and then having a massive spike around the end ofjuly, early august, and children will return to school, colleges will be opening around that time. Im worried we are creating an opportunity forfor a time. Im worried we are creating an opportunity for for a massive outbreak as a result. Would speak to katty kay, live washington deeply concerning numbers. As we would look across the us, how would you categorise the management of the virus at the moment . Well i wasjust listening to that doctor and you will most want to cry, right . It makes you want to bang your head on the table its so bad. State after state now waking up, i think some of these red states more conservative states that had been relatively untouched in the early waves now waking up to really dire circumstances, alabama has just become the latest american state in fa ct to become the latest american state in fact to mandate wearing masks. Now more than half of american states you have to wear a mask in public. I wouldnt think of leaving my house here in washington, dc without my mask in my hand even if i wasjust going to walk the dog. People are taking precautions of their own and states even those with conservative governors are starting to realise that they have to take some kind of precaution. On a federal level, its still a mess. The real mess now at the moment is testing. So it takes Something Like 5 7 days to get a test result. My son how to test for free here in washington, dc over a week ago, last monday, week last monday, he still hasnt had the result. Think of all the people that somebody might come into contact with and potentially infected if they are waiting more than seven days to get their test results. Its almost not worth doing the test. So now in states like california they are saying we were trying to test lots of people come and i we cant test lots of people because its coming up the system and we cant get results back. I dont think anyone here thinks that its going to get better anytime soon. In fact, california has just cancelled to get better anytime soon. In fact, california hasjust cancelled its rose parade, which is the new years day parade for 20211 think for all of us, that should be a wake up call about how long that is going to last. Americas top Infectious Diseases expert, anthony fauci, has recently been criticised by white house officials, including Peter Navarro, Donald Trumps trade adviser, who said in an op ed that dr fauci was wrong about everything they had discussed together. Dr fauci, a key figure in the White House Coronavirus task force, responded in an interview with the atlantic. Init. A journalist from the atlantic asks you are the governments top Health Doctor fauci responds. Today President Trump was asked for his view on doctor fauci. Were all on the same team, including dr fauci. I have a very Good Relationship with dr fauci. And were all on the same team. We want to get rid of this mess that chinas sent us. So, everybodys working on the same line, were doing very well. Were doing well in a lot of ways, our country is coming back very strong. When you look at those job numbers weve never had job numbers like we have right now. So its coming back very strong. They are not looking like they are a lwa ys they are not looking like they are always on the same team. No. I think thats a fair characterisation. There has been this kind of fiasco over the last 2a hours where we know that there are rifts between certain people in the white house around the president and doctor found she who has been counselling states not to open up very quickly and there has been more and more outspoken over the course of the last weekend or so in criticising those states that do so and then criticising americas performance. While the president is like that, thats not what he wants to hear coming wants to open the country up to him he wants to open schools up and he wants as he just said there to make sure the messages that the white house is doing a good job. Out steps his trade adviser rates this scathing critique of doctor found she in the countrys biggest newspaper, biggest circulating newspaper, usa today, and its hard to believe that this would not have had the tacit approval of the president , because the president really its what the president wants that goes in this particular white house. At the very minimum, Peter Navarro circumvented the usual protocols and didnt get this passed by the communications office, you have the president theyre distancing office, you have the president they re distancing yourself office, you have the president theyre distancing yourself from Peter Navarro saying he shouldnt have said that and doctor fauci asked about Peter Navarros comments, his trade adviser stomach saying, listen to me lives in a different world than me, its weird what hes doing and distancing himself might as well. Doctor fauci trying to concentrate on getting this virus under control. Just another day in washington. Inc. He very much for guiding us through it. Stay with us on outside source, still to come new research suggest nearly every country in the world could have shrinking populations by the end of the century, because of falling fertility rates. The biggest easing of lockdown restrictions in scotland is under way with the reopening of indoor spaces including hotels, places of worship and hairdressers. But when scotlands first minister, nicola sturgeon, announced the changes, she warned people to be cautious. I think i am more nervous about todays changes than i have been about earlier changes in previous phases of coming out of lockdown. Thats because, as i covered yesterday, todays steps are by some margin, and i mean that, by some margin, the highest risk changes we have made since weve begun the process out of lockdown. Many of these changes, as you just heard, involve indoor activity, and we know that the risk of the virus spreading indoors, in a pub, for example, is significantly higher than it is outdoors. Thats why we deliberately waited until infection levels were very low before allowing these services to restart. That gives us the best possible chance of managing risks that reopening Indoor Services creates. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Chinas warned it will take all necessary measures to safeguard its interests, after the uk bans huawei from its 56 network. New Research Predicts the worlds population will reach nine billion by the end of this century. That sounds a lot, is a lot but its around two billion below previous un forecasts. Thats driven by falling birth rates. The study is by the university of washington and it predicts that there will be economic, social and political consequences. Fertility rate is the average number of children a woman gives birth to. Its decline is driven predominantly by social reasons. More women in education and work and greater access to contraception are all factors. The predictions list 23 nations including spain, thailand, italy and japan, which are expected to see their populations halve by 2100. And 183 countries will have a fertility rate below the replacement level. Sub Saharan Africa will not follow this trend. Its predicted to triple it population thats connected to falling death rates and the number the rising number of women of child bearing age. Nigeria is already africas most populous country its now on course to become the second most populous country in the world. The study also predicts a major shift in the way age is distributed throughout the global population. Over 80s are set to outnumber under fives by a factor of two to one. Heres Naomi Grimley with her analy